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Connecting the smart city: LoRa, Li-Fi and 5G, by Gemalto’s Paul Bradley

Connecting the smart city: LoRa, Li-Fi and 5G, by Gemalto’s Paul Bradley

The mobile internet as we know it, even in its current ‘fourth generation’ (4G) stage, was not built for IoT

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Stanford University establishes urban living lab in Songdo

Stanford University establishes urban living lab in Songdo

News04 Jun 2021
The centre at the Incheon Global Campus in the Korean smart city will provide a testbed to develop physical structures and electronic technologies as prototypes for future urban environments.
Open & Agile Smart Cities partners with AWS to help cities share open data

Open & Agile Smart Cities partners with AWS to help cities share open data

News19 Apr 2021
The cloud platform provider becomes the latest company to join the network’s Enterprise Partnership Programme to implement its interoperability mechanisms.
Mayor calls on London’s innovators to support city's recovery from Covid-19

Mayor calls on London’s innovators to support city's recovery from Covid-19

News24 Feb 2021
Sadiq Khan is inviting applications to a £1m Resilience Fund and also wants to harness the capital’s design talent to make a vital contribution to its recovery from Covid-19 in a separate initiative.
Saudi Arabia unveils its vision for a city without cars and streets

Saudi Arabia unveils its vision for a city without cars and streets

News13 Jan 2021
The Line is a zero-carbon, hyper-connected city in a 170km straight line on the Neom development near the Red Sea that will “reimagine and revitalise the future of urban living”.
UK port cuts carbon emissions by 700 tonnes in 12 months

UK port cuts carbon emissions by 700 tonnes in 12 months

Sea travel05 Jan 2021
The Port of Tyne in the north-east of England has been assessing current and future energy requirements in line with Tyne 2050’s roadmaps for it to become carbon neutral by 2030, and all-electric by 2040.
Canada's utility pole infrastructure to be upgraded to smart city green poles

Canada's utility pole infrastructure to be upgraded to smart city green poles

News22 Oct 2020
As part of the urban infrastructure agreement between Nokia and Greener Acres Canada, smart city green poles will be produced from nearly 50,000 tons of e-waste collected annually in Ontario.
End-to-end drone solution available for AEC industry

End-to-end drone solution available for AEC industry

News21 Oct 2020
Esri UK is partnering with drone specialist Heliguy to offer customers drone hardware, pilot training and flying services along with its existing flight planning, data capture, data processing and GIS software services.
Customer engagement firm joins smart city ecosystem

Customer engagement firm joins smart city ecosystem

News13 Oct 2020
CSG has joined the joined the global technology and innovation accelerator, the Innovation Corridor, to support the development and proliferation of smart cities.
Enel X to support US cities in electrifying public transport bus fleets

Enel X to support US cities in electrifying public transport bus fleets

News25 Sep 2020
The company is entering the US electrification market and is already working with the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority to help it electrify a portion of its new fleet.
Why smart and healthy buildings will get us back to work and play – faster and happier

Why smart and healthy buildings will get us back to work and play – faster and happier

Opinions14 Jul 2020
Businesses could use the healthiness of their buildings as a competitive advantage in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, writes Glenn Lurie, President and CEO, Synchronoss
Sustainable energy champions awarded

Sustainable energy champions awarded

News10 Jul 2020
Community-owned solar microgrids in Yemen, electric cargo bikes and an action plan to tackle extreme temperatures in India are among the winners of the 2020 Ashden Awards.
Singapore and Shenzhen hold first Smart City Initiative meeting

Singapore and Shenzhen hold first Smart City Initiative meeting

News18 Jun 2020
The agreements made signify the commitment by both parties to digital connectivity, which they say has become “even more pertinent” amid Covid-19.
Using the IoT to ensure a safe return to work

Using the IoT to ensure a safe return to work

News11 Jun 2020
As government agencies and businesses get back to work, technology companies Cradlepoint and Rigado join forces to provide a flexible IoT-based safe workplace solution.
UK council smart lighting pilot monitors air quality and footfall

UK council smart lighting pilot monitors air quality and footfall

News04 Mar 2020
South Kesteven District Council hopes to realise energy-savings of at least 60 per cent and the pilot could be expanded across the streetlighting network.
US DHS kicks off workstream for sensor tech to combat wildfires

US DHS kicks off workstream for sensor tech to combat wildfires

News17 Feb 2020
Four companies have been selected to develop and hopefully commercialise their technology to tackle this growing challenge.
VIDEO: 5G lessons from the City of LA

VIDEO: 5G lessons from the City of LA

Video14 Feb 2020
Jeanne Holm, Senior Technology Advisor to the Mayor and Deputy CIO, City of Los Angeles, outlines the importance of using infrastructure efficiently and collaborating with the telecom industry to get more residents connected.
HERE and Verizon partner for 5G-enabled safety and navigation

HERE and Verizon partner for 5G-enabled safety and navigation

News08 Jan 2020
The partners say the combination of their capabilities paves the way for a more “precise” future.
Reading ranked as the best place to start and grow a business in the UK

Reading ranked as the best place to start and grow a business in the UK

News06 Jan 2020
High rate of start-ups and businesses, including 11,000 digital and tech firms, and its population diversity are among the factors boosting the Berkshire town’s entrepreneurial credentials.
Seoul bolsters its smart city infrastructure with IoT network

Seoul bolsters its smart city infrastructure with IoT network

News20 Dec 2019
The Metropolitan Government is planning to deploy a city-wide Internet of Things network as part of its plan to create one of the world’s first hyper-connected cities by 2022.
Park power: Heat pumps under green spaces could warm 5 million UK homes

Park power: Heat pumps under green spaces could warm 5 million UK homes

News06 Dec 2019
A new report explores the benefits of installing heat pumps under green spaces.
City Lights: Lea Eriksen, CIO, City of Long Beach

City Lights: Lea Eriksen, CIO, City of Long Beach

City Lights25 Nov 2019
SmartCitiesWorld talks to Long Beach’s CIO, Lea Eriksen.
Singapore launches AI strategy

Singapore launches AI strategy

News25 Nov 2019
Singapore’s approach is based around playing to its unique strengths and focusing on good governance.
Huawei seals smart city deal with Barcelona

Huawei seals smart city deal with Barcelona

News21 Nov 2019
They will collaborate on projects relating to 5G, smart city applications and digital transformation.
Edinburgh and Glasgow IoT coverage approaches 100 per cent

Edinburgh and Glasgow IoT coverage approaches 100 per cent

News14 Nov 2019
Boston Networks claims that by the end of November, over 30 per cent of businesses, six local authorities and almost 1.4 million people will have access to affordable IoT connectivity across Scotland.
Philadelphia to dissolve Office of Open Data and Digital Transformation

Philadelphia to dissolve Office of Open Data and Digital Transformation

News05 Nov 2019
The City said the reorganisation will help it scale its work in human-centred design, open-source development and agile.
Outdoor surveillance cameras to be biggest IoT 5G sector until 2023

Outdoor surveillance cameras to be biggest IoT 5G sector until 2023

News24 Oct 2019
Gartner predicts that 5G IoT installed endpoints for outdoor surveillance cameras will reach 11.2 million units in 2022, but will be surpassed by connected cars in 2023.
Multi-channel citizen engagement and XaaS: Gartner pinpoints next govtech trends

Multi-channel citizen engagement and XaaS: Gartner pinpoints next govtech trends

News14 Oct 2019
The analyst house urges government CIOs to include these trends in their strategic planning over the next 12 to 18 months.
Why 5G will help us build smart communities as well as smart cities

Why 5G will help us build smart communities as well as smart cities

Opinions09 Oct 2019
Brian Jackson, Head of Surveillance Solutions, BT Enterprise, says being ’smart’ is about connecting communities with the technology to address problems that most people assume can never be solved.
5G’s importance for smart cities has been underplayed

5G’s importance for smart cities has been underplayed

Opinions23 May 2019
Everyone talks about 5G hype but Kevin Hasley RootMetrics & IHS Markit argues that the importance of 5G to connected communities and smart city success has been underplayed.
Infosys and PTC launch centre of excellence

Infosys and PTC launch centre of excellence

Greenfield sites20 Feb 2018
Located at the Infosys campus in Bengaluru, it will focus on solutions for brownfield as well as greenfield industrial set-ups
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